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A. J. PURVIANCR' 'BALING PRESS.

No. 66,388. Patented July 2, 1867 Via a w amt grates igatrnt @ffitr.

A. J. PURVIANCE, OF Moo-NT ZION, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J1: MOSS,OF THE SAME PLACE. i I

Letters Patent No. 66,388 dated July 2, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALING-PRESS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I fie it known that I, A. J. PllltVIANCE, ofMount Zion, Van Buren county, State of Iowa, have invented a. newand'imprhved Bailing-Press; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, andexact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanyingdrawing, forming part of this specification, in which.-- n

Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is an elevation of the press on the side oppositethe power. Figure 2 is a view-of the under side of the press.

FigureB, Sheet 1516.2, is a central vertical section.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. 7 The nature of thisinvention consists in combininggearing with Windlass and shackle-riggingpower for compressing and baling hay or cotton, the object of thecombination of these two means of pressing in one machine being rapidityand dispatch of the principal part of the work bythe gearing movementand powerful compressing upon the bale'by means of the slower action ofthe Windlass and shackle arrangement exerted by the same driving forcewhen the final compression is applied to make a bale very compact and ofthe least possible bulk, The machine is made strong and portablc, andany horse-power or other drivingapparatus may be attached to work it.

A is a rectangular frame, constructed of heavy hard-wood timbersfastened with bolts or in any suitable manner. ,At one end of the frameis a box or trunk, B, figs. 2 and 3, on the inside for receiving thehay-or cotton and forming the bale, which stands on end when packed. Thehead-block a, fig. 3, at one end of the V trunk B, is stationary,opposite to which is the follower or plunger 6, operated. by rack-beamG, on the upper side of which isa straight rack, -c, worked by a slidingpinion, 11, connected with the gearing, to be.described,

and also by a Windlass and shackle-ropes over pulleys and rollers, thesetwo methods'of operation being applied separately and independently ofeach other, as may be desired. The gearing arrangement has adrivingshaft, D, figs. 2 and 3, at the bottom of the press, which liesacross the press and has its hearings on the bottom frame timber. Horseorother power is attached-at one end of the driving-shaft D on one sideof the press, fig. 2, and on theother end is a pinion, e, fig. 1, whichworks into a spur-wheel, f; on the shaft of the'spurf on the oppo siteside of the press isanother pinioryg, figs. 2 and:3, which drives twospurs h and 1', shown in all the figures. The

spur 71. is on a shaft whichrevolves' a Windlass, E, hung onas'winging-frame, R, at the back end of the press-frame A and is underthe rack-beam C. The Windlass E has a rope, is, attached, which runsfrom it to one of three guidepulleys on one shaft F, fig. 3, set in aloose block, G, between and across the framing-timbers A; thence therope it passes to one of two pulleys z z, in alooseadjustable frame, H,at the extreme back end of the rackbeam C; thence back to the middle ofthe three guide-pulleys on F hung in the block G; thence to the otherpulley z in the frame H; thence to the third pulley on F in the block G;and thence to a hook-and-eye coupling or makefast, I, figs. 1 and 3, atthe back end of the rack-beam G. The rack-beam G is a frame of'threelong,

timbers, on the middle one of'which is the rack c. This frame rests andtravels on two-rollers I I figs. 2 and 3,

that lie across the machine. The spur i is on a sliding-shaft, P, whichis shifted as required by a hand-lever,

m, which-is hung in a framefion the opposite side of the machine. On theshaft I, close to the lever m, is a fastpinion, p, which shiftsby-moving the shaft in and out of gear with the spur'f, and in themiddle of the some shaft is a sliding-pinion, q, connected with which is'a hand-lever, 72 fig. 3, for shifting it in and, out of gearwith therack c. On the top of the press is a door, K, fig. 3, hung on hinges foropening to fill the trunk B with buy or cotton, and closing to from theupper side of the trunk 13 when the bale is compressed. On bo h sidesthe trunk B, next to the head-block a, are strong doors, L, fig. 1,secured by bars and hooks which form the sides of the trunk where thebale is compressed and fastened, and when the bale is pressedare openedto secure the wires or ropes and let it out of the trunk. At the end, onone side, a frame, M, is' hung to swing back and forth, upfonwhich isset upon an upright spindle, w, a spool, s, for carrying the rope orwire 1 and moving up and'dcwn when used for baling. Thespinclle isturned by a erank, v, at the top. The under side of the trunk B isformedfijof a hinged bottom, N, fig. 2, the front or risingend of whichrests on aneccentric roller, 0, figs. 2 andi3, lying across the frame A,by which it is raised by a crank at one end of the eccentgic roller whenthe hay or cot'ton is being compressed, and lowered when thebale isfastened for the purpose of relieving the ends cease 2 of the hole andallowing it to come out of the trunk easily. In the insme of thehead-block a ond followerb v are ordinary recesses or grooves t t,for-receiving the ropes or wires which go around and secure the bale.

The niachine is operated as follows: The doors L L on the sides areclosed; the door K on the top is opened for'filling in the hay or cottoninto the trunk 13.; the- Windlass rigging is unshipped by releasing therope I: from the'coupling Z taking the pins 0 0 out of the clamps uuwhich' support the adjustable frame H. The spur h isvalso thrown out ofgear with the driving-pinion y by moving out the frame R on which theWindlass E and the spur h are both hung. By means of the hand-lever m,the fest-pinion p is put in gear with the spur f, and the spur iingemwith the pinion g; the hand-lever n-thcn throws the shifting-pinion din gearwith the rack c. The driving power being applied, the rack-beam 0bears the follower 1) against the cotton or hay in the trunkB until itis nearly compact enough. The windlassrigging is then adjusted again andthe bale compressed as hard as'required with the samc'powcr by the morepowerful action of the Windlass.

Ha,ving described the construction and operation of my improvedhaling-press,-\rha.t I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent,,is i

1..'].he combination; nnd arrangement of the sliding-pinion d, rack-beamC, spur-wheeli, pinions egp, sliding-shaft P, spur-wheel f, Windlass E,swinging freme R, shaft F, loose block G, ropes 72 Ha, pulleys z z.roller I I, constructed rind operating in the manner as andfor thepurpose spe'cifiedf 2'. I claim the Windlass E, in combination with theguide-pulleys in the block G, therope r,'the adjustable frame H, and therack-beam C, arranged a'ndnpplicd to com press the bale. substantiallyin the manner herein described.

3 I claim the shifting-levers m and n, in combination with theshifting-shaft P, the shining-pinion d,'nnd the rack c constructed andapplied substantially cs'nnd fol-the purposes herein set forth. A. J.PURVIANCE.

Witnesses CHARLES FITCH; Wnmmu CRAIG.

